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The-Alien-Encyclopedia-Version-8.Pdf 1 Contents 1. Preface......................................................................................................5 2. About this book........................................................................................6 a) Using the encyclopedia: A word about Tags and the Appendices...............................................6 b) Regarding the Aliens vs. Predator universe and alternate movie scripts.....................................6 c) The writing perspective...............................................................................................................7 d) Alternate versions of Alien³ and the 1988 Aliens comics............................................................8 e) Conjecture....................................................................................................................................9 3. The A-Z..................................................................................................12 *** 0-9 ***....................................................................................................................................12 *** A ***.......................................................................................................................................13 *** B ***.......................................................................................................................................27 *** C ***.......................................................................................................................................44 *** D ***.......................................................................................................................................61 *** E ***.......................................................................................................................................76 *** F ***.......................................................................................................................................83 *** G ***.......................................................................................................................................91 *** H ***.......................................................................................................................................97 *** I ***......................................................................................................................................112 *** J ***......................................................................................................................................113 *** K ***.....................................................................................................................................120 *** L ***.....................................................................................................................................130 *** M ***....................................................................................................................................142 *** N ***.....................................................................................................................................158 *** O ***.....................................................................................................................................163 *** P ***.....................................................................................................................................172 *** Q ***.....................................................................................................................................184 *** R ***.....................................................................................................................................185 *** S ***.....................................................................................................................................199 *** T ***.....................................................................................................................................226 2 *** U ***.....................................................................................................................................233 *** V ***.....................................................................................................................................237 *** W ***....................................................................................................................................239 *** X ***.....................................................................................................................................255 *** Y ***.....................................................................................................................................258 *** Z ***.....................................................................................................................................259 4. Appendices...........................................................................................260 APPENDIX I – Abbreviation codex............................................................................................260 a) Comics & graphic novels....................................................................................................260 b) DVDs & Blu-Rays..............................................................................................................261 c) Movies.................................................................................................................................261 d) Non-fiction books...............................................................................................................261 e) Novels.................................................................................................................................261 f) Video games........................................................................................................................261 g) Various media.....................................................................................................................262 APPENDIX II – Reference lists..................................................................................................263 a) Locations.............................................................................................................................263 b) Lifeforms............................................................................................................................268 c) Characters...........................................................................................................................269 d) Starships & Vehicles...........................................................................................................277 e) Weapons & Equipment.......................................................................................................279 f) Corporations & Organizations.............................................................................................280 APPENDIX III – Scale charts.....................................................................................................281 a) Starships..............................................................................................................................281 b) Xenomorph species encountered by Ellen Ripley..............................................................282 c) Creatures encountered during the LV-223 incident.............................................................282 d) Xenomorph subspecies encountered during the Origin incident........................................282 5. Acknowledgments................................................................................283 6. Resources..............................................................................................285 a) Movies.....................................................................................................................................285 b) Books.......................................................................................................................................285 c) Video games.............................................................................................................................285 3 d) Websites...................................................................................................................................286 7. History..................................................................................................287 version 1 (release date: 12/28/2011):...........................................................................................287 version 2 (release date: 03/08/2012)............................................................................................287 version 3 (release date: 08/23/2012):...........................................................................................289 version 4 (dubbed “Prometheus Update”, release date: 03/16/2013):.........................................292 version 5 (dubbed “Colonial Marines Update”, release date: 11/16/2013):................................299 version 6 (release date: 12/22/2014):...........................................................................................303 version 7 (dubbed “Outbreak Update”, release date: 17/10/2015):.............................................306 version 8 (dubbed “Nightmare Asylum Update”, release date: xx/xx/2016):.............................310 LEGAL DISCLAIMER: All titles and storylines below are trademark/copyright
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